ENGLISH LANGUAGE

COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

UseComparison of Adjectives

What is an adjective?

An adjective is used to describe or clarify nouns and pronouns.

Jane is a young student. She is very good in languages, but she is bad in sports. She drives an expensive car and she lives in a big house.

Comparison of Adjectives

Positive Comparative Superlative

cold colder coldest

fast faster fastest

All one syllable adjectives:

Today is cold. Today is colder than yesterday.Today is the coldest day of the year so far.

My sister drives fast. My father drives faster than my sister.My brother drives the fastest of all of us.

Comparison of Adjectives

Positive Comparative Superlative

clever cleverer cleverest

pretty prettier prettiest

lonely lonelier loneliest

Two syllable adjectives ending in er, y or ly

Jim is clever. John is cleverer than Jim.Jane is the cleverest of all.

My sister is lonely. My brother is lonelier than my sister.My father is the loneliest of all of us.

Comparison of Adjectives

Positive Comparative Superlative

careful more careful most careful

obscure more obscure most obscure

Two syllable adjectives ending in ful or re:

My brother is careful. My father is more careful than my brother.My mother is the most careful of all in my family.

I heard an obscure song yesterday. This song is more obscure than the one I heard yesterday.The song I am listening to now is the most obscure song I ever heard.

Comparison of Adjectives

Positive Comparative Superlative

good better best

bad worse worst

Irregular comparisons:

My father is good in sports. My sister is better in sports than my father.My brother is the best of all in sports in our family.

My brother is bad in sports. My father is worse in sports than my sister.My father is the worst of all in sports in our family.

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